{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Beaus$Eros | type = studio | artist = [[Busdriver]] | cover = Beaus$Eros.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2012|02|21}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=54|s=25}} | label = [[Fake Four Inc.]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Loden (musician)|Loden]]|[[Busdriver]]}} | prev_title = [[Jhelli Beam]] | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = [[Perfect Hair (album)|Perfect Hair]] | next_year = 2014 }} '''''Beaus$Eros''''' (pronounced "bows & arrows"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alarm-magazine.com/2012/qa-busdriver/|title=Q&A: Busdriver|work=Alarm|first=Meaghann|last=Korbel|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref>) is the seventh studio album by American rapper [[Busdriver]]. It was released on [[Fake Four Inc.]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fakefourinc.com/item/beaus-eros|title=Beaus $ Eros|work=[[Fake Four Inc.]]|accessdate=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718084147/http://fakefourinc.com/item/beaus-eros|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 62/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beauseros/busdriver|title=Beaus$eros by Busdriver|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=November 16, 2015}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beauseros-mw0002272711|title=Beaus$Eros - Busdriver|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=Jason|last=Lymangrover|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> | rev2 = [[CMJ]] | rev2score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmj.com/reviews/busdriver-beauseros/|title=Busdriver – Beaus$Eros|work=[[CMJ]]|first=Willie|last=Almack|date=February 20, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502185536/http://www.cmj.com/reviews/busdriver-beauseros/|archivedate=May 2, 2012|accessdate=May 22, 2012}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' | rev3score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2012/02/album-review-busdriver-beauseros-5-3/|title=Busdriver – Beaus$Eros|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|first=Adam|last=Kivel|date=February 14, 2012|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Dusted Magazine'' | rev4score = mixed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6970|title=Busdriver - Beaus$Eros|work=Dusted Magazine|first=Andrew|last=Beckerman|date=February 29, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611182913/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6970|archivedate=June 11, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' | rev5score = favorable<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/busdriver-beauseros|title=Busdriver - Beaus$Eros|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Thomas|last=Quinlan|date=March 13, 2012|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> | rev6 = ''No Ripchord'' | rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/busdriver/beauseros|title=Busdriver: Beaus$Eros|work=No Ripchord|first=Stephen|last=Wragg|date=February 3, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/154018-busdriver-beauseros/|title=Busdriver: Beaus$Eros|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Brice|last=Ezell|date=February 15, 2012|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev8score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2012/02/busdriver-beauseros-fake-four/|title=Review: Busdriver, ‘Beaus$Eros’|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=February 16, 2012|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> }} At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=metacritic/>
Thomas Quinlan of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' gave the album a favorable review, noting that "Belgian producer Loden mixes hip-hop, electronica, drum & bass, glitch-hop, synth rock, '80s pop and anything else he can get his hands on, often moving from one style to another within a single track."<ref name=exclaim/> Brice Ezell of ''[[PopMatters]]'' gave the album 6 stars out of 10, saying: "While part of the beauty of Busdriver's work is the challenge it presents, much of ''Beaus$Eros'' isn't really challenging but instead confused."<ref name=popmatters/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Utilitarian Uses of Love | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Bon Bon Fire | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = Kiss Me Back to Life | length3 = 3:19 | title4 = You Ain't OG | length4 = 4:25 | title5 = NoBlacksNoJewsNoAsians | length5 = 2:00 | title6 = Picking Band Names | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Beaus$Eros | length7 = 3:45 | title8 = Feelings | length8 = 3:49 | title9 = Ass to Mouth | length9 = 3:28 | title10 = Electric Blue | note10 = featuring [[CocoRosie|Sierra Cassidy]], [[Mike Ladd]], and [[Greetings from Tuskan|Joëlle Lê]] | length10 = 4:31 | title11 = Here's to Us | length11 = 4:57 | title12 = Colour Wheel | length12 = 3:45 | title13 = Swandive into a Drinking Glass | length13 = 5:06 | title14 = Scattered Ashes | length14 = 3:02 | total_length = 54:25 }} {{Track listing | headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks | title15 = Superhand's Mantra (F**k Us All) | note15 = featuring [[Aesop Rock]] | length15 = 3:18 | title16 = Utilitarian Uses of Love ([[Zavala (producer)|Zavala]] Remix) | length16 = 3:12 | title17 = Scattered Ashes (Sonnymoon Remix) | length17 = 3:19 | title18 = Kiss Me Back to Life ([[Dntel]] Remix) | length18 = 4:02 | title19 = Utilitarian Uses of Love ([[Child Actor (producer)|Child Actor]] Remix) | length19 = 4:30 | total_length = 72:20 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from liner notes.
* [[Busdriver]] – vocals, production (2, 6) * [[Loden (musician)|Loden]] – production, mixing * Annabel Feeney – vocals (2) * Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – strings (4) * François Legrain – trumpet (8) * [[CocoRosie|Sierra Cassidy]] – vocals (10) * [[Mike Ladd]] – vocals (10) * [[Greetings from Tuskan|Joëlle Lê]] – vocals (10), inside panel photography * Giovanni Oduber – guitar (11) * Rory McCartney – image * Michael Crigler – design
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/09/21/busdriver-on-busdriver-the-l-a-cult-hero-talks-us-through-his-career-album-by-album/10/|title=Busdriver on Busdriver: The L.A. cult hero talks us through his career album-by-album (page 10 of 10)|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first=Laurent|last=Fintoni|date=September 21, 2014}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|416308|Beaus $ Eros}} * {{SoundCloud|fakefour/04-busdriver-utilitarian-uses|"Utilitarian Uses of Love"}}
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